Pulling

I watched it during the christmas break this year and enjoyed it. Good acting, good script!

Absolutely hilarious sitcom on BBC3 that revolves around that great British hangup with casual sex. Superbly written, directed and acted this really is laugh out loud comedy! I still haven't seem all of the episodes and I cant wait for the DVD. I only hope that this gets another series (or 2). My favourite character has to be the girl with the big drink problem (her name escapes me at the moment), her drunken antics have had me crying with laughter (damn, i hope I don't behave like that when I'm drunk!!!) LOL This really has to get 10 out of 10 from me, its great that there is so much new comedy coming out. What with the GLORIOUS Nighty Night, and the very pleasant Jam & Jerusalem, there has been so much to watch on TV recently.

Splendidly black and acerbic, 'Pulling' is like a middle-class 'Shameless', which means that equally bad behaviour is accompanied by lashings of shame and self-loathing. After a slow-ish first episode, the series really gets going, full of outrageously brilliant lines and painful situations. The acting is good, and the characters superbly created - they're close to cliché, but one key step removed - you always believe they're really living this life. And that it's a life not so dissimilar from that lived by many real people is what gives the comedy its savage edge; it's certainly the funniest thing I've seen this year.

The writing and cast are brilliant and some sequences will leave you howling and gasping for air! In particular, Tanya Franks, as the alcoholic, completely inappropriate teacher, steals every single frame that's she in! Why she hasn't been invited to play in more American shows is a complete mystery. She's one of the best comedic actresses on the screen.

I came to this from 'This way up' and one episode of 'Catastrophe'.

The bulk of episodes were filmed around 2006 and this (imho) captures much of the zeitgeist around the noughties and the anxiety around being in one's thirties. Which incidentally was the decade when I too was a 30-something.

Sharon Horgan, Rebekah Staton and Tanya Parks play characters compriing the trio of women trying to play the hands they've been dealt whilst battling their own (and their other halves) demons. There's plenty of early noughties nuance here (clothes, music) which I love! A great supporting cast and scripts makes this a must watch in the UK comedy cannon.